From the Wikipedia entry for "Glorifying the American Girl":

"Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film (which was filmed in early Technicolor) is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan and Eddie Cantor.

The script for the film was written by J.P. McEvoy and Millard Webb and directed by John W. Harkrider and Millard Webb. The songs were written by Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Rudolf Friml, James E. Hanley, Larry Spier and Dave Stamper. The film is in the public domain, and many prints exhibited on television are in black-and-white only, and do not include pre-Code material, such as nudity."


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Producer: Florenz Ziegfeld
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Comedy; Drama; Musical

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Reviewer: Delvonda - - November 30, 2012
Subject: Censored Version

The B&W version of this film, which is the DivX5 version of the film available here, is a censored version of the movie. The original film was 9 minutes longer and featured Technicolor segments. Thus, the Wikipedia description provided on this page is accurate regarding the original film, but does not coincide with the video available for download. It would be wonderful if IA could offer the complete film.

Reviewer: rclo - - June 23, 2011
Subject: Risquee by 1929 standards
The Swan Lake scene toward the end, where the girls walk off with little hiding their derrieres must have caused many men at the time to stay for the matinee!

Ziegfeld must have wanted to bring Americans the kind of shows that were common to Parisienners, e.g., with nudity, but he had to do it with thin costumes and illusions. I'd say he succeeded.

Reviewer: Phil_ - - March 27, 2011
Subject: Missing color sequence
Some of the color sequences from this film are on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R7gEgDVm50

Reviewer: Stan Sanderson - - December 2, 2010
Subject: no color?
I'm disappointed that the 700MB download is b&w only, when one of the attractions of the film is the early use of color. Otherwise, it is a fascinating slice of history!